Founded in 1945, American Foods is a distributor to the food service industry. Located in Mobile Ala., the company offers an array of products, such as baby food, canned meats, canned juices/Gatorade, frozen muffins/muffin batters and Greek specialty foods, to name a few. Additionally, it offers paper products, salad bar products, biscuits/biscuit dough, chemicals/cleaning supplies, snack items and many more. American Foods is a full service distributor covering the Alabama, Mississippi and Florida panhandle, among others.
Gulf Distributing is a full-line distributor of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. These beverages include domestic beers such as Aspen Edge, Coors Light, Coors, Icehouse, Keystone Light, Miller Genuine Draft, Miller High Life, Miller Light, Milwaukee s Best Light, Yuengling and Yuengling Light Lager. Imported beer the company distributes includes Amstel Light, Heineken and Foster s Australian Lager. Freida G. Maisel founded Gulf Distributing Company in 1974. The company has expanded its operations in its current and original headquarters in Mobile, Ala., by acquiring family-owned and operated distributorships and consolidating these companies to form the current structure; two operating distribution units working as separate companies that distribute to the greater Mobile, Ala., market and the Florida Panhandle market.
